KSA snorkeling: Ras Muhaisen, Qunfudhah, Wasqa;...
22 photos
Bicycle touring KSA: Al Lith to Qunfudhah, Jan...
59 photos
Al Lith snorkeling, Jan 2020
60 photos
Mujairmah snorkeling, Jan 2020
7 photos
Al Qattan snorkeling, Jan 2020
32 photos
Bicycle touring KSA: Jeddah, Al Qattan,...
91 photos
The ancient city of Neapolis, Dec 2019
29 photos
One night layover from the Incheon airport, Nov...
7 photos
Miyazaki (and a little Kagoshima) Prefecture, Nov...
103 photos
Kumamoto Prefecture, Nov 2019
109 photos
Oita Prefecture: Usuki to Taketa, Nov 2019
131 photos
Oita Prefecture: Onta to Oita, Oct 2019
152 photos
Fukuoka Prefecture, Oct 2019
76 photos
South Korea, Sangju to Busan; Oct 2019
94 photos
South Korea, Yeoju to Hahoe; Oct 2019
115 photos
South Korea, Incheon to Yeoju; Sep-Oct 2019
185 photos
Krasnoyarsk and Stolby, Sep 2019
28 photos
Ergaki National Park, Aug 2019
130 photos
The Altai Mountains: Seven Lakes, Yarlu Canyon,...
52 photos
The Altai Mountains: Belukha, Aug 2019
153 photos
Falez with Viktor, Aug 2019
25 photos
Güver Uçurumu, best of; Jul 2019
52 photos
The times on the photos is this album are mostly not correct. Levent took a lot of these, and there was no time info in the exif when he gave me the photos. Also, the second half of the photos I...
Güver Uçurumu from Levent, Jul 2019
60 photos
Güver Uçurumu from bcare, Jul 2019
71 photos
Falez with Özgür and Sibel, Jul 2019
18 photos
Frig Yolu week with Ferda, Tuğçe, Ebru, and...
161 photos
The ancient city of Lyrbe (aka Seleucia), Jun 2019
24 photos
Kapadokya with Kevin et al., May - Jun 2019
82 photos
The ancient city of Rhodiapolis, May 2019
20 photos
The ancient city of Limyra, May 2019
24 photos
Lisbon, May 2019
79 photos
Porto, May 2019
93 photos
North Portugal walk: Vale de Côa, Serra da...
63 photos
North Portugal walk: Peneda-Gerês National Park,...
113 photos
Alcobaça to Sintra via Óbidos, Ericeira, Mafra;...
113 photos
Penacova to Batalha via Coimbra, Fátima, Tomar;...
185 photos
Beira villages: Segura to Penacova, Apr 2019
104 photos
Extremadura: Badajoz to Alcántara, Apr 2019
204 photos
Évora to Elvas, Mar 2019
121 photos
Nativity scenes at the São Francisco church in...
37 photos
Faro to Évora, Mar 2019
118 photos
Skiing the Kaçkar, Feb 2019
91 photos
Erzurum, Feb 2019
33 photos
Skiing in Muş, Feb 2019
94 photos
Skiing Alabelen with Seb, Guillaume, İsmet; Feb...
15 photos
Dedegöl Dağı with Özgür, Jan 2019
33 photos
Skiing Saklıkent with Seb, Jan 2019
13 photos
Priene (Söke) to Balçova (İzmir), by bicycle;...
132 photos
Milas to Miletus (Didim), by bicycle; Dec 2018
113 photos
Fethiye to Beçin (Milas), by bicycle; Dec 2018
142 photos
Lyrboton Kome, Dec 2018
33 photos
Southern California, Sep 2018
40 photos
Yosemite NP: Mariposa Grove, Sep 2018
28 photos
Yosemite NP: Yosemite Valley, Sep 2018
93 photos
Yosemite NP: Tuolumne Meadows, Sep 2018
58 photos
Eastern Sierra: Fossil Falls, Alabama Hills,...
91 photos
Brown bears at Alaska's McNeil River State Game...
477 photos
Anchorage, Aug 2018
29 photos
Juneau, Aug 2018
32 photos
Uncruise: Ketchikan to Juneau, Aug 2018
180 photos
Ketchikan, Aug 2018
63 photos
İstanbul, Jul 2018
24 photos
A week in Tana Toraja, Jul 2018
172 photos
Bicycle touring Sulawesi Selatan, Jun-Jul 2018
117 photos
Bicycle touring Sulawesi Tenggara, Jun 2018
135 photos
Kendari: an iftar dinner, Jun 2018
17 photos
Toil Toli giant clam day, Jun 2018
69 photos
Sombu Jetty snorkeling, second day; Jun 2018
24 photos
Sombu Jetty snorkeling, first day; Jun 2018
101 photos
Pulau Wangiwangi, Wakatobi; Jun 2018
41 photos
Ferda's diving photos from Ahmad; Jun 2018
12 photos
Ferda's diving photos by Bryan; Jun 2018
64 photos
Third day snorkeling at Pantai Hundue, Pulau...
126 photos
Pulau Sawa snorkeling excursion, Jun 2018
82 photos
Pantai Soha early morning snorkel, Jun 2018
30 photos
Second day snorkeling at Roma, Pulau Tomia; Jun...
73 photos
Second day snorkeling at Pantai Hundue, Pulau...
141 photos
Pulau Tomia non-snorkeling photos (including...
83 photos
First day snorkeling at Roma, Pulau Tomia; May...
67 photos
First day snorkeling at Pantai Hundue, Pulau...
118 photos
Pulau Tomia, first day, Pantai Soha snorkeling;...
44 photos
Baubau and nearby islands: Makassar, Liwutonkidi,...
155 photos
Antalya to Baubau, Pantai Nirvana; May 2018
47 photos
İzmir, Mar 2018
33 photos
Flowers in Kırşehir, Mar 2018
11 photos
UAE: Al Ain to Dubai, Feb 2018
77 photos
West from Muscat: Nakhl, Rustaq, Yanqul; Jan-Feb...
73 photos
Jack's Oman photos, Jan 2018
66 photos
Wadi al Arabiyin, Qurayyat, Wadi Mijlas, Al...
101 photos
Al-Ashkharah to Fins: Sur, Wadi Shab, and beehive...
159 photos
Muscat to Al-Ashkharah, an inland route; Jan 2018
175 photos
Tastaratacağı and Çalbalı, Dec 2017
26 photos
Güllük Dağı, Termessos; Dec 2017
13 photos
Ihlara to Antalya, Nov 2017
91 photos
Kırşehir to Güzelyurt, Nov 2017
106 photos
Güver Uçurumu Canyon descent, Aug 2017
21 photos
Kaçkar backpacking with Ahmet, Aug 2017
156 photos
Utö, Torö, Stockholm with family and friends,...
77 photos
Skåne to Västerhaninge, Jul 2017
94 photos
Hamburg to Sweden with Kurt and Krista, Jul 2017
124 photos
Karaman to Antalya, May 2017
97 photos
This is another bicycle touring album, but it's a little confusing because of the Side photos in the middle. I rode to Gündoğmuş and then took a dolmuş to Side to get a new hub for my rear...
Tarsus to Karaman, May 2017
131 photos
Kayseri to Tarsus, May 2017
69 photos
Çukur Yaylası loop, May 2017
81 photos
Bozcaada, Assos, Adatepe, Bergama; Apr-May 2017
66 photos
Andorra to Barcelona, Mar 2017
137 photos
Pyrenees; Mar 2017
179 photos
Castilla y León, La Rioja, and Navarre; Mar 2017
125 photos
Madrid, El Escorial, La Granja, and Segovia; Mar...
139 photos
Hokkaido, week three, with Peter; Feb 2017
59 photos
Hokkaido, week two, Kamihoroso Onsen; Feb 2017
91 photos
Hokkaido, week one, Niseko area; Feb 2017
83 photos
Three ski days in Antalya, Jan 2017
54 photos
Berlin, Jan 2017
29 photos
Hannover, Dec 2016
44 photos
Yavuz and Bryan in Geyikbayırı, Nov 2016
8 photos
All these photos are on the "Global Warming" route in the Left Cave Sector at Geyikbayırı. Yavuz is wearing the colorful outfit. I'm wearing the black shirt and a red helmet.
Antalya to Anamur via the mountains, Nov 2016
123 photos
Fethiye to Antalya by bike, Oct 2016
102 photos
Ρόδος, Sep-Oct 2016
110 photos
Antalya to Fethiye by bike, Sep 2016
45 photos
İzmir wedding photos by Sibel, Aug 2016
15 photos
İzmir wedding photos by Mom and Dad, Aug 2016
76 photos
Parmakkaya (Aladağlar) with Cihan, Aug 2016
37 photos
Aladağlar scrambling: Büyük Demirkazık,...
77 photos
Kaçkar trekking at Verçenik, Jul 2016
140 photos
Gito Yaylası auto tour, Jul 2016
63 photos
Ankara, Jul 2016
42 photos
Olimpos to Adrasan by sea kayak, Jul 2016
25 photos
Saklikent and Kar Çukuru by bike, Jun 2016
17 photos
Kapıkaya, Jun 2016
37 photos
Geyiksivrisi and Trebenna Antik Kenti, Jun 2016
22 photos
Sümbül Dağı, Hakkari trip; May 2016
44 photos
Çıralı, May 2016
22 photos
Kapuz Boğazı with Seb, Mar 2016
20 photos
Trebenna Antik Kent, Apr 2016
17 photos
Alakır Çayı loop, Mar 2016
56 photos
Etli Döner with Fahri and Kevser, Mar 2016
15 photos
Tahtalı Dağı, Feb 2016
25 photos
Camel wrestling (deve güreşi) in Yenipazar, Feb...
30 photos
Potrero Chico, Jan 2016
37 photos
Papantla and El Tajín, Jan 2016
70 photos
Troncones, Jan 2016
37 photos
Climbing in Bernal, Jan 2016
26 photos
Querétaro, Dec-Jan 2016
25 photos
Mexico City, Dec-Jan 2016
52 photos
Hidalgo, Dec 2015
22 photos
San Diego, Dec 2015
15 photos
Baja California, Dec 2015
9 photos
Sonora, Dec 2015
60 photos
Arizona, Dec 2015
63 photos
New Mexico, Dec 2015
37 photos
Colorado, Nov-Dec 2015
15 photos
Arches NP, Nov 2015
44 photos
Grand Canyon, Nov 2015
15 photos
Los Angeles, Nov-Dec 2015
31 photos
Joshua Tree, Nov 2015
57 photos
Andreas Canyon, Nov 2015
30 photos
Newport Beach, Nov 2015
45 photos
Antalya 2015
88 photos
Sivri Dağı scramble with Fahri and Ferda, Nov...
40 photos
Çitdibi with Seb and Çiğdem, Oct 2015
11 photos
Klasik Böglesi, Sivri Dağı with Hatice; Oct...
7 photos
Antalya weekend with Bektaş, Seda, and Defne;...
38 photos
Falez with Fahri and Ferda, Oct 2015
49 photos
Classic Route on Sivri Dağı, Oct. 2015
28 photos
Şirince with Gülizar, Ali, Ada, and Satı; Sep...
5 photos
If Şirince were in Mexico, it'd be a Pueblo Mágico. And since it's close to İzmir, we should not be surprised that it was absurdly busy on the pleasant fall Sunday afternoon when we visited. ...
Karareis with Derya, Hakan, and Çınar; Sep 2015
6 photos
Ferda's sister has a holiday home in Karareis on the Karaburun Peninsula. Hakan, Derya, and Çınar took us there for a weekend. We swam in the sea, visited the abandoned Greek town of Meli (Eski...
Ahmetler Canyon descent with Evren and Bekir, Sep...
54 photos
Uçansu, Manavgat, Altınbeşık, İbradı, and...
113 photos
Harmankaya Kanyonu descent, Aug 2015
62 photos
Falez with Gülşah, Mehmet, Fahri, Kevser; Aug...
65 photos
Sillyon and Köprülü Kanyon with Bilge and...
35 photos
Netherlands: Zevenaar to Aalsmeer, Jul-Aug 2015
107 photos
Köln, Düsseldorf, Essen; July 2015
79 photos
Rhine Gorge, July 2015
66 photos
From Lauterbourg to Mainz, July 2015
45 photos
Alsace, July 2015
34 photos
From Basel to Rhinau via Freiburg, July 2015
52 photos
Geneva to Basel, June 2015
119 photos
Matterhorn, June 2015
111 photos
Tunç Dağı summit camp, June 2015
27 photos
Gedeller by bicycle with Yasemin and Ferda, Jun...
17 photos
Sivri Dağı scramble, Jun 2015
13 photos
Another one of our training days for the Matterhorn. This time Semra was able to join us, but Barış couldn't make it. The group was Fahri, Semra, Hasan, İbrahim, and me. It was a 6.75 hour...
Geyikbayırı short bike tour, May 2015
19 photos
As part of our preparations for our bicycle tour from Geneva to Amsterdam, Ferda and I did a short bicycle tour up to Geyikbayırı. It was two days of riding and two days of climbing. We stayed at...
Tunç and Kayatepe with Cemalettin and Terry, May...
32 photos
İzmir and Kaynaklar, Apr 2015
27 photos
Since I had so few Kaynaklar photos from April 2016, I put them in here too.
Geyksivirisi-Sarp Katran ridge, Apr 2015
26 photos
Karain Mağarası cycle with Nurullah and...
20 photos
Kurşun Şelalesi cycle with Nurullah, Nurhayat,...
16 photos
Sivri Dağ trans, Apr 2015
39 photos
Antalya weekend with Gülizar, Ali, and Ada; Apr...
29 photos
Bursa, Mar 2015
44 photos
Esfahan, Mar 2015
106 photos
Shiraz, Mar 2015
92 photos
Have-more-kids campaign, Yazd, Iran
7 photos
Yazd, Mar 2015
72 photos
Kerman, Mar 2015
60 photos
Nowruz Haft Sin tables in Iran, Mar 2015
24 photos
Beers of Iran, Mar 2015
13 photos
Tehran, Mar 2015
57 photos
İstanbul, Mar 2015
69 photos
Şanlıurfa, Mar 2015
75 photos
Mardin, Mar 2015
70 photos
Midyat, Mar 2015
55 photos
Hasankeyf, Mar 2015
12 photos
Diyarbakır with Mom, Dad, Megan, and Ferda; Feb...
33 photos
Antalya, Sep 2014 - Feb 2015
24 photos
Sagalassos with Megan and Guillaume, Feb 2015
18 photos
Skiing the Kaçkar, Feb 2015
95 photos
2014 Geyikbayırı photos
25 photos
A stormy day on Tunç with Guillaume, Dec 2014
7 photos
Kızlar Sivrisi attempt, Dec 2014
15 photos
Alabelen with Ferda and Cemalettin, Dec 2014
25 photos
Mersin with Hacer, Dec 2014
11 photos
Climbing Romen Bölgesi at Sivri Dağı with...
5 photos
Climbing Sinema Perdesi at Sivri Dağı with...
5 photos
Likya Yolu walk from Kaleüçağız, Nov 2014
20 photos
Two days of first ascent attempts at Hurma with...
9 photos
Adana and Hatay, Oct-Nov 2014
81 photos
Antalya, Mar-Oct 2014
38 photos
Delikli Dağı with Yaban Keçileri, Oct 2014
11 photos
Climbing Sinema Perdesi at Sivri Dağı with...
10 photos
İstanbul, Sep 2014
40 photos
Akyarlar, Sep 2014
26 photos
Kaş, Aug 2014
33 photos
Ağrı Dağı, Aug 2014
61 photos
İshak Paşa Sarayı, Aug 2014
29 photos
Sarıkamış trekking, Aug 2014
53 photos
Karakaya climbing, Aug 2014
18 photos
Olimpos with Tülin and Aslı, Jul 2014
6 photos
Mount Kazbek, Jul 2014
82 photos
Road trip west of Antalya, Jun 2014
176 photos
Antalya with Mom and Dad, Jun 2014
54 photos
İstanbul, Jun 2014
164 photos
A week in İstanbul with my parents. We stayed in Sultanahmet, visited Aya Sofya, Topkapı, Taksim, Tarlabaşı, some mosques, Ayvansaray. There's still lots more to see there.
Ovacık Dağı, May 2014
22 photos
Kocain Mağarası, May 2014
15 photos
Göynük Kanyonu, May 2014
13 photos
A weekend in Gündoğmuş, May 2014
33 photos
Bethlehem, May 2014
14 photos
The Negev Desert: Mitspe Ramon to Eilat, Apr 2014
98 photos
The Negev Desert: Arad to Mitspe Ramon, Apr 2014
53 photos
The Judean Desert: Jerusalem to Arad, Apr 2014
100 photos
Jerusalem, Apr 2014
59 photos
Adrasan, Apr 2014
38 photos
Gevaş, Akdamar, and Altınsaç; Mar 2014
32 photos
Bryan skiing photos, by Scott; Mar 2014
11 photos
Skiing Lake Van: Süphan, Nemrut, Başet, and...
97 photos
Yaylalar to Patnos, Mar 2014
19 photos
Skiing the Kaçkar, Mar 2014
129 photos
Konya, Erzurum, and Öşvank; Mar 2014
27 photos
Geyikbayırı with Seb, Mar 2014
4 photos
Runtalya, Mar 2014
13 photos
Geyikbayırı with Seb, Hasan, and Özgür; Feb...
8 photos
Geyikbayırı with Seb and Kamuran, Feb 2014
14 photos
Erciyes, Feb 2014
17 photos
Kayseri, Feb 2014
32 photos
Etli Döner at Hurma with Seb, Jan 2014
16 photos
Sivri Dağ with Hikmet, Jan 2014
5 photos
Küçük Hacet, Dec 2013
26 photos
Geyikbayırı with Seb and Olaf, Dec 2013
7 photos
Kızıl Tepe with Guillaume, Dec 2013
9 photos
Panik Kayası with Guillaume, Dec 2013
13 photos
Geyikbayırı with Ferda, Nov 2013
15 photos
Geyikbayırı with Guillaume, Nov 2013
4 photos
Sivri Dağı with Seb, Nov 2013
8 photos
Sunrise on Tunç, Nov 2013
9 photos
Geyikbayırı with Emral and Cemal, Nov 2013
6 photos
Barla Dağı, Nov 2013
16 photos
Antalya cycling and such, Oct-Nov 2013
11 photos
TODOSK Kaya Tırmanış Şenliği, Oct 2013
19 photos
Çalbalı Dağı, Oct 2013
13 photos
Kurban Bayramı, Oct 2013
31 photos
Düsseldorf, Oct 2013
23 photos
Family photos, San Miguel de Allende, Oct 2013
162 photos
San Miguel de Allende, Sep-Oct 2013
77 photos
Guadalajara, Sep 2013
33 photos
Ciclovía en DF, Sep 2013
30 photos
Climbing in Bernal, Sep 2013
61 photos
Mexico City, Sep 2013
80 photos
Berlin, Sep 2013
9 photos
Phaselis and Kaleüçağız with Ferda, Aug 2013
56 photos
Tunç with Ferda, Aug 2013
43 photos
Aladağlar backpacking, Aug 2013
139 photos
Ahmetler Canyon descent, Aug 2013
78 photos
Safranbolu, Antalya, Ankara; Jul-Aug 2013
44 photos
DASK ADAM, Seben, Bolu; Jul 2013
34 photos
A map and compass race
Eskişehir to Karabük via Bilecik and Bolu, Jun...
104 photos
Eskişehir, Jun 2013
27 photos
Han to Eskişehir, June 2013
55 photos
A few protest photos; Ankara, Jun 2013
30 photos
Frig Yolu weekend with Banular, May-Jun 2013
60 photos
Frig Yolu: Kütahya to Han, May 2013
60 photos
Kütahya, May 2013
24 photos
Pamukkale to Kütahya, May 2013
63 photos
Weekend at Pamukkale and Hierapolis, May 2013
41 photos
Antalya to Pamukkale, May 2013
59 photos
Perge with TÖMER friends, April 2013
23 photos
Antalya, Mar-May 2013
59 photos
Side with Ferda, April 2013
25 photos
Kızlar Sivrisi, April 2013
34 photos
Tunç Dağı, April 2013
36 photos
Sagalassos with ANDOST, April 2013
28 photos
Termessos with Gül, March 2013
21 photos
Çıralı, Olimpos, and Yanartaş; March 2013
35 photos
Alabelen with Cemalettin and Terry, March 2013
44 photos
Güver Uçurumu with Suhaib, March 2013
22 photos
Jack's Mexico photos, winter 2013
62 photos
A bit of Chiapas and Mexico City, Feb 2013
53 photos
Chiapas with Jack, February 2013
99 photos
Tabasco with Jack, February 2013
88 photos
Campeche with Jack, January 2013
110 photos
Yucatán with Jack, January 2013
120 photos
Troncones, January 2013
106 photos
Morelia, Zacatecas, Mineral del Chico; December...
71 photos
Monarch Butterflies at Cerro Pelón, December 2012
80 photos
Puebla with Vicky, December 2012
58 photos
Mexico City with Isaac and Wendy, December 2012
116 photos
Paris, December 2012
36 photos
Antalya and Ankara, December 2012
22 photos
Four days in Kapadokya, December 2012
206 photos
Antalya, November 2012
40 photos
Yenice-Eskipazar, Karabük trekking; October 2012
65 photos
The Çoruh River from Borçka to Bayburt, October...
49 photos
Posof to Borçka, a northern route; October 2012
58 photos
Tbilisi to Akhaltsikhe, a southern route; October...
31 photos
Kakheti and Tbilisi, auto-touring Georgia; Sep....
99 photos
Tbilisi and Mtskheta-Mtianeti, auto-touring...
104 photos
Sarpi to Tbilisi, September 2012
50 photos
Çayeli to Sarp, not the direct route; Aug/Sep...
38 photos
A route through Büyükyayla in Rize, August 2012
58 photos
Trabzon, Sümela, and Uzungöl with Ferda; August...
37 photos
Erzurum to Arsin on the Black Sea, August 2012
73 photos
Iğdır to Erzurum via Doğubayazıt, Tutak, and...
54 photos
The ruins at Anı and the road to Iğdır, July...
63 photos
Arhavi to Anı, July 2012
64 photos
Yaylalar to Arhavi via Yüksekova, July 2012
56 photos
Kaçkar Dağı Summit from Yusufeli, July 2012
70 photos
Uzundere to Yusufeli, July 2012
67 photos
Tortum loops, June 2012
77 photos
Ankara to Erzurum by train, June 2012
36 photos
Çay to Ankara, June 2012
61 photos
Antalya to Çay, June 2012
77 photos
Antalya, Mar-May 2012
81 photos
A short loop SW of Antalya with Kurt, Feb. - Mar....
59 photos
Mumcular to Antalya with Kurt, Feb. 2012
194 photos
İzmir to Mumcular with Snežana and Kurt, Feb....
117 photos
Çeşme to İzmir, Feb. 2012
33 photos
Χίος, Jan. 2012
80 photos
Athens, Jan. 2012
74 photos
Patra to Athens, Jan. 2012
91 photos
Ελλάδα, Dec. 2011
54 photos
Albania, Vlorë and south, Dec. 2011
60 photos
Albania, north of Vlorë, Dec. 2011
59 photos
Crna Gora, Dec. 2011
57 photos
Damacija and Neum, Nov. 2011
69 photos
Crossing the mountains of Bosnia, Nov 2011
65 photos
Ždrelo to Belgrade and SW to BiH, Oct-Nov 2011
92 photos
The Danube and mountains of east Serbia, Oct.2011
92 photos
Alba Iulia, Hunedoara, and the Retazat Mountains,...
73 photos
Sighişoara and the High Carthapians, România,...
100 photos
Criss-crossing Transylavania, Sep 2011
74 photos
Maramureş and Bucovina, România, Aug-Sep 2011
85 photos
Україна, August 2011
44 photos
Rzeczpospolita Polska, August 2011
24 photos
Meandering the Slovak-Polish border
71 photos
Bratislava to Žilina, July 2011
59 photos
Republik Österreich, July 2011
30 photos
Česká republika, July 2011
53 photos
Berlin to the Czech border, July 2011
32 photos
Berlin, July 2011
25 photos
A couple days with Antje in Berlin. She met me at the airport, and we chatted a bit while I built my bike. Then Antje took the bus to her house after directing me to the start of the ride out of...
Art Deco, South Beach, Miami July 2011
25 photos
A few photos of my quick visit to South Beach. Greyhound was on time so I had a day to check out Miami. I left my bike and large bag at the airport (Greyhound took me all the way to the airport!)...
Lake Isabelle with Lea June 2011
8 photos
The short hike to Lake Isabelle turned out to be my last day in the Colorado high country before heading to Europe. Lea and I parked at Brainard Lake and climbed up onto 4 feet of snow right there...
Blue Lake with Steph June 2011
16 photos
As one of my farewell Colorado hikes, Stephanie and I walked up to Blue Lake in Indian Peaks Wilderness. This is one my favorite places in Boulder County. I have never seen it with so much snow in...
Going away party June 2011
27 photos
Here are just a few photos of the last shindig I hosted in Boulder. June 21, 2011. The longest party of the year on the longest day of the year. Thanks everyone for coming out on a Tuesday.
Trough on Longs Jun 2011
18 photos
Mandi and Jack convinced me to get up at 2am to climb the Trough on Longs. Steph joined us for the first bit of the hike. She was hoping to come in to Black Lake and maybe the base of Spearhead,...
The long route to Sawmill Road
21 photos
Zane and I went for a bike ride. Seemed like a good idea. Looking for Sawmill we accidentally ended up on Swtizerland Trail north of the Gold Hill Road. So then we went left only to find the road...
Sicily March 2011
102 photos
Sicily -- all photos
407 photos
Belgrade March 2011
119 photos
Walk in the snow near Lyons
9 photos
Can Shotwell events upload directly into flickr sets? I'm trying to do that. No luck so farr.
Hut to hut skiing January 2011
68 photos
We had a great group for this 6-night hut to hut trip ski trip in the Sawatch Mountains: Jara, Tim, Kurt, Cher, Megan and me. Scott joined us for the first two nights of the trip at Janet's Cabin,...
Hut to hut skiing January 2011 (all photos)
162 photos
Thanksgiving 2010 Palm Springs
52 photos
18 days in the desert for Thanksgiving 2010. This album has photos of the canyon and some of the hikes that I did. The bike ride photos are here.
Mike and Lisette and I set out Sunday morning...
Anza Borrego Bicycle Tour November 2010
86 photos
Between the ACC annual meeting and Thanksgiving 2010 I spent a week on bike loop from Palm Springs. Here's the route: Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Anza, Coyote Canyon, Borrego Springs, Yaqui Pass,...
Fall Colors October 2010
7 photos
Zane and I biked up Fourmile Canyon to Wallstreet this morning. He turned around there to get back to Boulder for a city planning meeting while I continued up the Nancy Mine Road to Gold Hill. The...
Tour de BCycle with Kira September 2010
33 photos
31 BCycle stations in Denver. Kira and I visited ~43 BCycle station as we completed the Tour de BCycle. Which ones did I miss getting photos of?
Blue Lake with Elana September 2010
5 photos
A quick afternoon jaunt up to Blue Lake with Elana on a beautiful late September day.
Longs via The Notch with Craig September 2010
19 photos
After Craig and I summited Longs by bicycle from Boulder earlier this summer, everything seems easy. We went up to rap the Notch and continue along the Skyline Traverse (aka The Beaver) to the...
Holland by Bicycle with Topher Summer 2010
323 photos
Topher and I bike-toured in Holland for four weeks August 6 - September 6, 2010. We never really got that far from Amsterdam. Topher had a computer on his bike, and I think by the end he had gone...
Keyhole Ridge on Longs July 2010
18 photos
Some mountain eye-candy photos. Tom, Christa, Mike, and I summited Longs via the Keyhole Ridge in 11h40m. My second time up this stellar route.
Longs Peak from Boulder July 2010
24 photos
Craig and I got high and drank for 15 hours. Over 14,000' and over 15 liters of water-like fluids. Tandem from my house to the trailhead (4h10m), keyhole route to the summit (4h10m also!). The...
Bicycle Tour of Colorado June 2010
70 photos
Bicycle Tour of Colorado 2010. I hadn't done an organized ride like this since Ride the Rockies in 1995. It was hard. I enjoyed the slower pace that I got into during the second half of the ride. ...
Bancroft summit June 2010
27 photos
Almost exactly a year after my first attempt on Bancroft's East Ridge, I tried again. Wendy and I summited in style. There was no one else on the mountain this stellar mid-June day.
Skywalker Couloir June 2010
21 photos
A quick morning jaunt up Skywalker Couloir on South Arapaho with Craig. Such a short, easy, and fun excursion this ought to be done every year.
Wouldn't these photos be better if Craig were wearing...
Twin Lakes 5 pass loop May 2010
32 photos
Quite the cycling weekend. Wendy and I drove to Copper Mountain and started biking there. We went over Vail Pass, Battle Mountain, Tennessee Pass through Leadville and on to Twin Lakes where we...
Glen Haven-Ft. Collins weekend bicycle tour May...
13 photos
As part of the training program for BTC, Wendy and I took a three-day weekend and biked from Boulder to Carter Lake, Big Thompson Canyon to Glen Haven, Estes Park, back down Big Thompson, to...
Chihuahua bicycle tour Spring 2010
201 photos
At the end of March I took the bus from Boulder to Denver to El Paso to Chihuahua. Zane started in Los Angeles and also ended up in Chihuahua via San Diego and Tijuana. We stayed with Eduardo in...
Fowler Hilliard March 2010
33 photos
A long weekend at the Fowler-Hilliard yurt with Megan, Wendy, Jeff, Jonathon, Petra, Lea, Dominic, Judy, and Mark. Megan, Wendy, Jeff, and I went in and out via Vail Pass. Jonathon joined us for...
Longs Peak March 2010
32 photos
Tom, Jack, and I summitted Longs in the winter. I think it was Jack's first ascent. We rapped the Notch, descended to the west, climbed the Homestretch (or a bit to the right of it) and descended...
Hut to hut February 2010
58 photos
Writing these things up eight months after the fact sucks. This is the San Juan hut system. I'm pretty sure we had two nights at Blue Lakes, two nights at North Pole, and one more night at Blue...
Bryan turns 40!
37 photos
It was a Big Lebowski theme for my 40th birthday party so everyone was supposed to show up in a bathrobe or similarly appropriate attire. Since I share a birthday with Elvis, king impersonators were...
Hut to hut January 2010
53 photos
A six-night 10th Mountain Division January hut trip with Briana, Jaime, Wade, Kurt, and me. We skied all the way from Montgomery Flats to West Lake Creek with two nights each at Harry Gates, Peter...
Centennial snowshoeing January 2010
17 photos
To start off 2010 Heather, her mother, and I headed north to Centennial to do some snowshoeing on the east side of the Snowy Range. I'd like to go back there and try some skiing. The drive isn't...
Cuba December 2009
315 photos
Ann and I visited Cuba for about two weeks in December 2009. We mostly visited La Habana, Viñales, Cienfuegos, and Trinidad. Transportation for foreigners is difficult in Cuba (I'll try a bicycle...
Thanksgiving 2009 Palm Springs
190 photos
These are all the photos from my Palm Springs Thanksgiving trip 2009.
After the ACC annual meeting, it started with a backpack trip. I posted three questions on the Mt. San Jacinto message board...
Salida November 2009
8 photos
A warm fall weekend in Salida. Heather and I went for a short walk on Saturday above Buena Vista. I rode Monarch Pass Sunday morning while Heather got some work done at a coffee shop. It was my...
Raymond-Ward loop November 2009
6 photos
I love the loop from Boulder to Lyons to Raymond to Ward and back to Boulder.
Maze with Topher October 2009
293 photos
Topher and I spent two weeks car camping in Canyonlands NP Maze District and adjacent areas, both north and south, in October 2009. We camped at High Spur (2 nights), Happy Canyon (2), Ekker Butte...
Boulder to Snowy Range Bicycle Tour Sep 2009
68 photos
This must be the most last-minute bicycle tour I've been on, certainly the most last-minute tour that's lasted more than two or three nights. I had a map with me on the bus on the way home from work...
Navajo Attempt August 2009
7 photos
2009 was the first year in quite a few years that I didn't manage to bike-climb a high peak from Boulder. Navajo was my first and only attempt. I got pretty wet early on and turned back, but the...
Spiral Route Notchtop August 2009
6 photos
Ben, a friend of Susan's and Mike's, or was staying with them or working with Mike or something, wanted to get up and climb something in the mountains while he was visiting from Germany. He was...
Sykes Sickle July 2009
12 photos
In July 2009 Dan and I climbed Sykes Sickle, the longest route I've done on Spearhead. The climbing was all pretty reasonable except for the crux pitch which was some sort of weird awkward...
Culp Bossier July 2009
11 photos
Dave and I climbed Culp Bossier on Hallets in RMNP in July 2009, my second time up this route. The first was a few years earlier with Craig, I think.
Craig and Zoe's wedding weekend
62 photos
Craig and Zoe's wedding weekend in the Ouray area. I had an extra morning at the beginning of the weekend so I rode from Ouray to Silvertown and back over Red Mountain Pass. Wow! That's one of...
Cochetopa Bicycle Loop, July 2009
102 photos
This is one of Colorado's great short bicycle loops. I was out 3 nights and rode 4 days (the last one was short). From Gunnison head east, then south on 114 over the Continental Divide at North...
Couloir12829NE Attempt June 2009
10 photos
This was my second attempt to climb Couloir12829NE (my name). On the first attempt I was turned back by the imposing cornice at the top. This time the large rock band in the middle kept us from...
Bross June 2009
42 photos
Nice way to celebrate the first day of summer: summit a 14er and ski a long couloir. This was the Dolly Varden on Bross above Alma with Jara and Tim. We checked out the nearby Bristlecone Pine...
Bancroft attempt June 2009
12 photos
One might expect that by the middle of June I could hike a 13er without new snow. Didn't work out that way on the date I chose to try the east ridge on Bancroft. I carried a rope to rappel the...
Couloir12829S May 2009
17 photos
On the 7.5' map there are significant notches on either side of Point 12829, north of Taylor Peak. These notches hold snow climbs in the spring. Crista, Tom, and I headed up to RMNP to climb the...
Skywalker Couloir May 2009
12 photos
Tom and I walked up Skywalker Couloir on South Arapaho a couple weeks ago. The snow was a bit soft, and there was still a small cornice on the left side at the top. We took 6 hours and got caught...
CPBTS2009 - selected photos
129 photos
Here's a subset of the best photos from Colorado Plateau Bicycle Tour Spring 2009. I tried to get it down to 50-100 photos but still ended up with 129 photos.
Colorado Plateau Bicycle Tour Spring 2009
452 photos
This tour was born from the anchors on either end: a float trip in mid-April and a White Rim trip in mid-May. The decision to bicycle between these two trips was not a difficult one. Briana, Jaime,...
Ski Chautauqua March 2009
24 photos
Typical Boulder weather. It was dry all winter, and we get our biggest snowfall of the season in spring. It snowed 16 inches on Thursday so Tom and I headed out Friday morning to make some turns at...
Yucatan March 2009
131 photos
Julie and I went to the Yucatán Peninsula for the first time in March 2009. What a great part of the country. We spent six nights on the Caribbean in Puerto Morelos and three nights inland in the...
Black Lake Slabs February 2009
16 photos
It was Jack's idea to come up to Black Lake and climb the ice on the slabs that lead up to Spearhead. I had climbed it once before with Tom. I'm sure Jack had climbed here before as well. The...
Hut to hut February 2009
60 photos
A great six days of skiing and a wonderful group.
Amy, Todd, Carla, Kurt, Wade and I set out from Ashcroft to ski to Markley, Barnard, and Goodwin-Green huts for five nights. Carla's daughter,...
Hut to hut January 2009
88 photos
In mid-January 2009 a group of us skied from Tennessee Pass to the Pando Trailhead via two nights each at Vance's, Jackal, and Fowler-Hilliard. There had been a good snowstorm a few days before our...
Kaua'i December 2008
77 photos
My parents, Megan, Kevin, Elise, Julie and I spent a week at a house near Poipu in Kaua'i. Good food, great company, beautiful island.
The week before we left for Kaua'i there were flash flood...
10 Days at Andreas Fall 2008
40 photos
After walking off the plane in the late afternoon light on Thursday, I stopped on the tarmac to simply stare up at the mountains that tower above the Coachella Valley. I've seen this view many...
White Rim October 2008
64 photos
There were 6 of us on this smaller than usual White Rim trip: Topher, Gertjan, Shari, Florence, Benjamin, and me.
Jan flew in from Vancouver on Friday and arrived at Topher's in the early afternoon. ...
Lake Isabelle with Ben and Flo Sep 2008
15 photos
I took a weekday off work while Florence and Benjamin were staying with us (link to their trip description). We headed up for a short hike in Indian Peaks to Lake Isabelle and the tarn in the cirque...
Alissa and Chad's wedding Sep 2008
41 photos
Megan and I took a 4-day weekend to fly to Arcata and go to Alissa and Chad's wedding. I had heard wonderful things about Arcata and was excited to visit. Amazingly we got to the small...
Glacier Gorge with Michelle and Zane Sep 2008
10 photos
Michelle and Zane also have scrapbooks of this hike. Glacier Gorge is simply spectacular. By 10:30am it was threatening rain, but we never got any rain or lightning, and it cleared up again in the...
James Peak August 2008
17 photos
One of the hikes while Michelle and Zane were visiting for a long weekend. And, unusually, Julie climbed a high peak. Zane and Michelle also made photo albums. We had beautiful weather.
I think...
Sylan Mountains high traverse Aug 2008
66 photos
I finished my Norwegian bicycle tour in Stj?rdal and spent three nights at Astrid and Roar's house. They treated me to wonderful food: mushroom soup with mushrooms they picked, blueberry crumble...
Cycle-touring in Norway August 2008
241 photos
After 10 days in Sweden I took the train from Stockholm to Narvik and cycled from there to Trondheim. I stuck to the coastal route the whole way, first heading east, then north out of Narvik to get...
Stockholm summer 2008
51 photos
I used Elise and Kevin's Swedish wedding reception as an excuse to make a trip to Scandinavia this summer. While in Stockholm, I stayed with Erland and ?sa and Ossian, their 18-month-old son. ?sa...
Sky Pond July 2008
29 photos
After a wonderful lunch at Lake Isabelle a few days earlier, Julie, Kevin, Elise, and I headed up to Sky Pond for another lunch. It was a classic Colorado summer day in the mountains: sunny and warm...
Shoshoni by bike Jul 2008
6 photos
For some reason I'm still plugging away at the high-peaks-by-bike-from-Boulder thing. Last year was the Arapahos with Karl. This year I went to Shoshoni, the 12,967' peak on the Continental Divide...
Lake Isabelle July 2008
4 photos
While Kevin and Elise were in town for a few days, we went on a couple short hikes where the goal was to end up at a good place to have lunch. We succeeded. Lake Isabelle is the most beautiful...
Big Sur June 2008
10 photos
Kevin and Elise got married in Big Sur last month. This scrapbook has only the (very few) photos from our camera. There must be thousands of photos taken from the event. We went for a couple hikes...
Flying Dutchman May 2008
31 photos
Flying Dutchman is probably the only snow climb that I'll do this year. It was a good one. It's just to the east of Lambs Slide, separated from Lambs Slide by Glacier Ridge. It dumps out near The...
Biking near Aspen May 2008
6 photos
Because of all the snow and avalanche danger, Independence Pass wasn't open as early as normal this year. We weren't able to do the ride over Independence Pass like we did last year and the year...
White Rim April 2008
22 photos
Another 4-day Birgit White Rim trip. There were 15 of us: Birgit, Ramone, Nance, Detlev, Pam, Frank, Tami, Kurt, Lisa, Brad, Mike, Bob, Jonathan, Paul, and me.
Kelso Ridge March 2008
5 photos
Tom and I climbed Kelso Ridge on Torreys a couple months ago, shortly after I returned from India. It counts as a winter 14er.
Southern Kerala and Tamil Nadu - February 2008
92 photos
On the road in India
At Thanksgiving Rudi reminded me of a grim statistic regarding Indian traffic: India has 4% (or is it 5?) of the world's motor vehicles and 25% of the world's traffic fatalities....
Kerala and Tamil Nadu - all photos
498 photos
Hut to hut 2008 with Jason (Jan)
65 photos
I found a ride on craigslist to get to Carbondale on Friday evening. That left all day Saturday for Jason and me to get ready for our hut trip. We took off kind of early Sunday morning in Jason's...
Ski Arapahoe Lakes with Dave Jan 2008
6 photos
In this winter of epic snowfall in the Colorado mountains, I finally got out for my first ski day a couple weeks ago. Dave and I headed up to the Arapahoe Lakes area above the East Portal of the...
Biking the Mojave Fall 2007
313 photos
Introduction
I biked through Death Valley in October 1996. It was 109°F at Furnace Creek. The area is beautiful, but it was way too hot at that time of year. I knew I wanted to come back on my...
Willow Hole in JTree Nov 2007
11 photos
My Dad and I had an extra day between driveway repair and preparing for Thanksgiving. My Dad suggested taking the tram up and climbing San Jacinto, but that seemed ambitious. Inspired by Michelle...
Fremont Street and Andreas Canyon Thanksgiving...
5 photos
Just a very few photos from Thanksgiving 2007. I took the bus from Denver to Riverside. The Fremont Street photos are from my short stop in Las Vegas, made a little longer than expected since I...
White Rim October 2007
85 photos
Another White Rim trip. This was my second 6-night trip, giving us hiking opportunities at Gooseberry, White Crack, and Labyrinth. From Gooseberry I hiked up through the Wingate to the White Rim...
San Rafael Swell to Hovenweep October 2007
29 photos
Arnaud and I combined a visit to John Salazar's office in Durango with the SUWA Roundup weekend at the Hidden Splendor Mine in the San Rafael Swell. We had planned on leaving on Friday, but we both...
Lobbying in DC Fall 2007
8 photos
Just a few months before my last visit to DC Kris and Kristen had moved to the city after returning from 3 years in Asia, mostly with the Peace Corps in the Philippines at El Nido on Palawan. We...
Biking the passes September 2007 photos
195 photos
Journal entry from first week:
I just finished one of my most ambitious biking weeks ever. I left Boulder fully loaded on Monday around 3pm. The original departure schedule was about 4 days earlier,...
Ashcroft to Crested Butte and back Aug 2007
59 photos
Cher, Bill, and I left Boulder Saturday morning around 4 and drove to Ashcroft. A number of others, including Christie, Logan, and Karl, drove to Crested Butte the evening before. We were able to...
Arapahos by bike Aug 2007
26 photos
Continuing my bike-from-Boulder-and-climb-a-high-peak series, I convinced Karl to join me for a jaunt up South and North Arapaho last week. The Arapahos are prominent from Boulder, and North Arapaho...
Sharkstooth June 2007
25 photos
Kevin and Elise drove down for a weekend in Boulder so I took Kevin up Sharkstooth on Saturday. It was my third successful attempt on the spire, all by the same route. The others were September...
Super Star Couloir June 2007
50 photos
It's been over a month since Tom and I climbed Super Star Couloir, a climb that's been on my list for years. If I recall correctly, the original plan was to do a rock route in RMNP, but the weather...
Meeting Elise in Wyoming Jun 2007
16 photos
Julie and I took a 3 day weekend in June and headed up to Wyoming to meet my brother's internet belle, Elise. Their story is a pretty crazy one with lots of skype, eventually followed by their first...
Independence Pass May 2007
35 photos
Like last year this was the last weekend that Independence Pass was closed to cars for the season. We took the opportunity to enjoy Independence Pass and the Maroon Bells roads car-free. Last year...
Vedauwoo May 2007
28 photos
I had 4 days set aside to go to Moab this weekend. However, the forecast there was an unusually warm 95°F all weekend. I considered Fruita as an alternative, but the 88°F forecast sounded...
Mount Toll April 2007
19 photos
Dan took most of the photos in this album. I didn't pull my camera out of my pack until the summit, and then I only took 5 photos.
Toll is a great ski. This was my third time, I think. We moved...
Second S24O Apr 2007
3 photos
It was just Jack and me again for the overnight bike tour. Next week though it sounds like I might have a few more people. We met at Eben G. Fine at ~5:15pm. I think we were both late, and then...
DC and Baltimore March 2007
70 photos
I went all the way to Washington, D.C.
To tell my congressman something that is important to me
He shook my hand, and he patted me on the head,
But he did not hear a single word that I said.
--chorus...
First S24O Mar 2007
12 photos
I had this date, the first Tuesday after DST started, chosen for a while for the first S24O. We ended up getting very lucky with the weather. It was probably the warmest day and night of the year...
Big Ten ski train Mar 2007
19 photos
This day was really a Geomega-sponsored winter fun day. And we did have fun. Geomega paid for lift tickets and lunch at Winter Park. For transportation we were on our own. Bill, a Big Ten alumni...
Longs Peak March 2007
22 photos
Somehow it doesn't seem fair to do a hard climb in early December and not be able to claim a winter ascent. Well, since that's the way it is, we'll take a credit for a winter ascent on a stellar...
Audubon Feb 2007
18 photos
With applying for (and not getting) a spot as a member of a Rotary Group Study Exchange program to South Africa and preparing for my upcoming trip to Washington, D.C., I've been busy. I did manage...
Hut to hut 2007 (Jan-Feb)
106 photos
This was my first real hut to hut trip. I've skied to and stayed at a number of the backcountry in Colorado including Margys, McNamara, Goodwin-Greene, Markley, Polar Star Inn, Janets, Francies,...
Margys January 2007
31 photos
Birgit put together another group to another hut last weekend. This time it was Margys Hut near Aspen. We started at the Lenado trailhead above Woody Creek. It turned out to be a cold weekend. ...
Thailand - all photos Dec 2006
658 photos
Julie and I traveled in SE Asia 12 years ago with LP's Southeast Asia on a shoestring. Before long we bought a Footprints Guidebook to the region. So many people use LP as their bible that there's an...
Vientiane to Bangkok Dec 2006
46 photos
My short dispatch about the end of the trip is written from Boulder two weeks after our return. Hopefully I'll still be able to capture a bit of Thailand magic even as it fades from my daily...
Meandering along the Mekong photos Dec 2006
59 photos
I called the 36 km day from Chat Trakan to Nakhon Thai a "rest day". Once there we made the decision that shaped the rest of our trip. Instead of heading SE and south through the heart of...
monks on mopeds photos Dec 2006
68 photos
After conquering Thailand's highest peak we rolled into Chiang Mai on a flat road. With only getting lost once we went straight to Chris and Tingting's house where we met Tingting for the first time....
North to the hills of Mae Chaem photos Dec 2006
103 photos
Bike touring in Thailand keeps getting better every day. Communication is getting easier though not because our Thai is any better. The heat is getting more tolerable. We're getting acclimatized, and...
Sing Buri to Kampheang Phet photos Nov 2006
20 photos
3 days of riding via Uthai Thani and Khanu Woralaksiburi. It's much, much cooler here. More like a hot summer day than a giant outdoor sauna. It's even possible to feel slightly chilled getting out...
Biking out of Bangkok photos Nov 2006
52 photos
The bicycle made it to Bangkok at the same time we did. We managed to change money, buy a phone card, phone Oliver, find out he wasn't coming to the airport, avoid the taxi touts and get a metered...
2006 cranberry red Co-motion Primera Co-pilot Nov...
14 photos
Yes, Julie and I have completely lost touch with economic realities.
Colorado National Monument Oct 2006
20 photos
Last weekend was the one weekend I had scheduled to ride in the desert this fall. It was a bust. A bunch of folks went, and a few of us got out on a short ride Saturday morning (on the Western Zip...
Golden Gate Canyon SP mountain-biking Oct 2006
11 photos
There's some pretty good mountain-biking up in Golden Gate Canyon State Park. This was my first time mountain-biking there. I've rode-biked through the park a few times. It's the best canyon ride...
Megan and Mike's wedding Sep 2006
27 photos
Megan (not to be confused with my sister, Megan, who lives in Aspen and is in more photos in this scrapbook than the bride) and Mike got married at the Elk Mountain Lodge near Ashcroft 10 days ago. ...
Tour de Suisse Sep 2006
189 photos
The 4 day FOSS4G2006 conference was the catalyst for this trip. I ended up spending 13 days in Switzerland and about 24 hours in France. Two weeks was the longest I've been apart from Julie since...
LHT inaugural journey Aug 2006
16 photos
I picked up the LHT on Friday after work. I rode to Superior to Pam and Geoff's party and got caught in two hail storms and a tremendous rain storm. I was soaked when I wheeled in to the party, but...
Batman and Robin at Lumpy Aug 2006
13 photos
I was hoping to get one more big alpine climb in before the end of the summer. With my end-of-summer travel schedule Jack and I had one shot. Unfortunately the weather didn't cooperate that...
Apache by bike Jul 2006
11 photos
My 4th 13er under my own power from Boulder. The others were Audubon (twice), Storm Peak, and Mt Meeker. Apache was a 10.5 hour effort. I thought I was feeling pretty good 'til I got home. It was...
Vedauwoo July 2006
34 photos
Megan's in Aspen. Kevin's in Dekker, MT. An approximate halfway point by driving time is Vedauwoo, WY, a ~6 hr drive for each of them. Luckily for Julie and me Vedauwoo is only 2.5 hours from...
Kelso Ridge July 2006
4 photos
As a warm down after my Mt Meeker adventure I headed up to Torreys with Dan on the 4th of July. We parked at the I-70 Bakerville exit and used our mountain bikes to get from there to the trailhead. ...
The Barb on Spearhead June 2006
17 photos
Craig and I took Friday off work to have Spearhead to ourselves. Our plan worked. There was one group of 3 on the North Ridge route, but we were the only ones on the big east face all day.
The Barb...
Mt Holy Cross June 2006
47 photos
Two weekends ago Jack put together a small group to backpack into Mt. Holy Cross and climb the Cross Couloir Sunday morning. Julie and Marie came along for the backpacking, and at least Julie was...
Culp Bossier June 2006
18 photos
Craig and I took a Wednesday off work to spend the day on Hallett's Second Buttress. We climbed the classic Culp-Bossier route. It shares the same P1 with Jackson-Johnson. Then, instead of heading...
Sky Pond with Gertjan Jun 2006
7 photos
During Gertjan's annual (or so it seems to be working out) return visit to Boulder Julie, Gertjan, and I walked up to Sky Pond one morning before heading to Tracy and Eric's house for a fun dinner...
Taylor Glacier June 2006
25 photos
This was a fun snow climb. The snow was in decent shape though perhaps a bit soft. We didn't get a very early start, but it was a cooler day so that worked out. The snow field is called Taylor...
Petit Grepon June 2006
47 photos
Petit Grepon is the most popular alpine climb in RMNP. It's crowded on weekends. Tom and I climbed this route on a weekend in late summer about 3 years ago. We were lucky to have the route to...
Flying Buttress June 2006
21 photos
On Saturday Craig and I didn't start early enough for our Flying Buttress climb. We lucked out with the weather and arrived at the top without getting wet. We were both beat and ready to be off the...
Skywalker Couloir June 2006
27 photos
On June 3, 2006 Birgit and I headed up from the 4th of July Trailhead to the easy-to-access Skywalker Couloir on South Arapaho. When we got back to the car 6.5 hours later, I checked my...
Independence Pass May 2006
22 photos
Jack had the brilliant idea to bike Independence Pass on the weekend before their scheduled opening to motorized traffic, Memorial Day weekend. Actually Jack got the idea from our mutual friend...
Fruita May 2006
64 photos
A couple weeks ago I took my third long weekend this spring to go biking in the desert. The other two are Rabbit Valley April 2006 and White Rim April 2006. That makes 10 days pedaling in the...
Rabbit Valley April 2006
34 photos
Last weekend Cher, Bill, and I left Boulder Friday afternoon. Tim and Tom left Salt Lake City Friday morning, and we met up in Rabbit Valley late Friday night. Rabbit Valley was about a 4 hour...